weñi

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Meaning:	“(act.) to speak, say, tell”; “(mid.) to be called”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	weñ-
Lexeme variants:	weñi; weñī

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	optative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act
1	weñim, weñau, weñau-c, weñau-ne, weñau-me	weñem
2	went, went-meścä	weñcer
3	weñi, weṃ, weñ-c	weñeṃ, weñeṃ-ne

weñ-

weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv

	sg
nom	weñiye
acc	weñiye

weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.prs9a

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
1	weṣṣim, weskau, weskau-ne	weskem		weskemar
2	weṣṣit, west, west-meśc	weścer		westär
3	weṣṣi, weṣṣäṃ, weṣṣäṃ-ne, weṣṣäṃ-neśc, weṣṣäṃ-meśc	weṣyeṃ, weskeṃ, weskeṃ-neś, weskeṃ-ne	westeṃ	westär, westär-me	weskentär

weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.subj

sg.act pl.act

1 weñim, weñau, weñau-c, weñau-ne, weñau-me weñem

2 went, went-meścä weñcer

3 weñi, weṃ, weñ-c weñeṃ, weñeṃ-ne
- welñe “speech” abstr.m.subj
  
  sg pl
  
  nom welñe welñenta
  
  acc welñe welñenta
  
  gen welñentse
  
  loc welñene
  
  abl welñemeṃ
  
  perl welyñesa
  
  all welñeśc
  - welñeṣṣe “pertaining to the sayings” subj
    
    sg.m pl.m
    
    nom welñeṣṣe
    
    acc welñeṣṣe welñeṣṣeṃ
- wentsi “to say, speak, saying, speaking” inf.n.subj
  
  sg
  
  nom wentsi
  
  acc wentsi
weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.pret1

sg.act

3 weñā-ne, weñā-me
weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.pret5

sg.act pl.act pl.mid

1 weñāwa weñām

2 weñāsta wñās

3 weña-neś, weña-meś, weña, wña-neś, weñā-meś weñāre, wñār-ne, weñāre-ne, weñāre-neś, weñār-meś weñānte
- weweñu “having spoken” part.pret5
  
  sg.m pl.m
  
  nom weweñoṣ, weweñu weweñoṣ
  
  acc weweñoṣ weweñoṣäṃ, weweñoṣ
  - weweñor “saying” abstr.pret5
    
    sg
    
    nom weweñor
    
    acc weweñor
    
    abl weweñormeṃ
weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.imp5

sg.act pl.act

2 poñ poñes

	sg.m	pl.f
nom	weṣṣälle	weṣṣällona
acc		weṣṣällona

	sg.act	pl.act
1	weñim, weñau, weñau-c, weñau-ne, weñau-me	weñem
2	went, went-meścä	weñcer
3	weñi, weṃ, weñ-c	weñeṃ, weñeṃ-ne

	sg.m	pl.m
nom	welñeṣṣe
acc	welñeṣṣe	welñeṣṣeṃ

	sg
nom	wentsi
acc	wentsi

	sg.act
3	weñā-ne, weñā-me

	sg.act	pl.act	pl.mid
1	weñāwa	weñām
2	weñāsta	wñās
3	weña-neś, weña-meś, weña, wña-neś, weñā-meś	weñāre, wñār-ne, weñāre-ne, weñāre-neś, weñār-meś	weñānte

	sg.m	pl.m
nom	weweñoṣ, weweñu	weweñoṣ
acc	weweñoṣ	weweñoṣäṃ, weweñoṣ

	sg.act	pl.act
2	poñ	poñes

1	IOL Toch 127 a5	• mäntrākka wat cew	weñi	• lyak nestä • malyakke nea6(s)tä
2	IOL Toch 228 a2	t(u) /// a2 ///	(we)ñi	• yayātmānaṃ na tāpa(yet)
3	IOL Toch 258 a4	cān(e) cemeṃ a4 ///	w(e)ñi	su ṣeme (c)ā(ne) mā
4	IOL Toch 308 a3	reki śpāa3(lmeṃ) /// (kan)t(e)	weñi	• adharmapadasaṃa4(hitaṃ) /// ·
5	IOL Toch 708 a3	/// a3 /// (mä)ntrākka	weñi	• /// a4
6	PK AS 6D a6	klyeñci ; tu(nts)e (nā)ki	(we)ñi	(100-4) /// 12σ a7
7	PK AS 8C b5	āñme tākaṃ-ne śāmña kwrāṣe	weñi	• kewiye melteṣe maṇḍāl
8	PK AS 19.18 a1	/// (s)ūtär – – te	weñi	ce(ynaṃts) sum(e)r-ṣale tseṅku mä(n)t
9	PK NS 15 a4x	a4x	weñi	a4y kä b1x
10	PK NS 76 b5	/// b5 /// kū	(we)ñi	mä(kt)oṃ – ///
11	THT 15 b4	mā (tākacce) ; nāki	weñi	; (papāṣṣoṣäts) ; (krentäṃtsä)
12	THT 17 b6	mā tākacce ; nāki	weñi	; papāṣṣoṣäts ; krentäṃtsä
13	THT 20 b2	b2 /// ; (em)p(reṃ)	w(e)ñi	; mā waike 60-5
14	THT 20 b4	ślok weña ; lareṃnä	weñi	; mäksū reb5(ki) ///
15	THT 63 a1	: śem-neś śerwe kautsi	weñi	; so··n· /// a2
16	THT 134 b6	apaśabdh no ; mā	weñ(i)	/// 12σ 12σ 12σ
17	THT 134 b8	b8 k·· mā nta	weñi	permā ///
18	THT 285 b2	reri /// 8σ b2	weñi	yäl ñäkta cäñ·e ///